Remote IT Security Engineer: Cloud, Identity & Zero Trust

Aether Biomedical; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

B2B or employment contract

100% remote work

Flexible working schedule

Modern security technologies

Job summary

cloudatus is seeking an IT Security Administrator / Security Engineer to own security topics in our Managed Services team. You will handle day-to-day operations, assess risks, and drive remediation across customer environments—covering identity, endpoints, cloud, monitoring and incident response.

You will work with Microsoft security tools, defenders, and network security controls, helping implement Zero Trust and least privilege while coordinating with engineers and customers.

Qualifications

• : Hands-on experience in IT security operations or security administration.
• : Strong understanding of security principles across identity, endpoints, networks and cloud environments.
• : Experience with vulnerability management and remediation processes.
• : Practical knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, MFA, Conditional Access and identity security.
• : Experience with Microsoft security technologies such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Office 365 or Defender for Cloud.
• : Understanding of security monitoring, log analysis and incident investigation.
• : Knowledge of common security hardening practices and security baselines.
• : Understanding of Zero Trust and least privilege principles.
• : Ability to independently investigate security issues, assess risk and propose appropriate remediation.
• : Ability to translate technical security findings into clear actions and recommendations.
• : Good understanding of enterprise networking fundamentals.
• : English at minimum B2 level.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of operational security topics across managed customer environments.
• Identify security risks, vulnerabilities and configuration weaknesses and drive remediation activities.
• Manage and continuously improve security configurations and policies across network, cloud, identity and endpoint environments.
• Coordinate vulnerability management activities, including vulnerability assessment, prioritization, remediation tracking and verification.
• Investigate security alerts and incidents and coordinate technical response and remediation activities.
• Maintain and improve security baselines and hardening standards.
• Manage and review security controls within Microsoft Entra ID, including Conditional Access, MFA, privileged access and identity-related security policies.
• Work with endpoint and cloud security solutions such as Microsoft Defender and related Microsoft security technologies.
• Administer and review network security controls including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, web filtering and segmentation.
• Lead implementation of Zero Trust, least privilege and identity-driven security principles.
• Review security events, logs and monitoring information and identify areas requiring investigation or improvement.
• Support security audits, assessments and compliance activities from a technical perspective.
• Maintain security documentation, procedures, risk registers and remediation plans.
• Provide security guidance to L1/L2 engineers and support escalation of security-related incidents.
• Cooperate directly with customers and third-party security providers where required.
• Proactively propose improvements to the security posture of managed environments.

Skills

Security operations

Risk assessment

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Identity security

Cloud security

Network security

Security monitoring

Documentation & risk registers

Communication of findings

Tools

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Defender for Identity

Defender for Office 365

Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Entra ID

Conditional Access

MFA

SIEM solutions

Microsoft Sentinel

IT security monitoring platforms

Job description

cloudatus is seeking an IT Security Administrator / Security Engineer to own security topics in our Managed Services team. You will handle day-to-day operations, assess risks, and drive remediation across customer environments—covering identity, endpoints, cloud, monitoring and incident response.

You will work with Microsoft security tools, defenders, and network security controls, helping implement Zero Trust and least privilege while coordinating with engineers and customers.